if you re a parent you know it s hard to raise your kids these days without getting some sort of criticism, no matter how well meaning it may be. you have two kids. yeah, that s right. but touching a nerve this morning, a british nanny pulled no punches with her scathing assessment of modern moms and dads, and she s gathering quite a following. here s abc s deborah roberts. all right, you guys done with the pizza because you left the table? to me that says you re done. reporter: sound familiar? they eat they eat. and if they don t, they don t. i am kind but extremely firm. reporter: emma jenner s sort of a modern-day mary poppins. a proper english nanny but with a fresh take on good old-fashioned common sense. after years in the home trenches emma says in a new book keep calm and parent on that modern parenting is in crisis. first problem, fear. you say that we re afraid of our children. how so?
if you re a parent you know it s hard to raise your kids these days without getting some sort of criticism, no matter how well meaning it may be. you have two kids. yeah, that s right. but touching a nerve this morning, a british nanny pulled no punches with her scathing assessment of modern moms and dads, and she s gathering quite a following. here s abc s deborah roberts. all right, you guys done with the pizza because you left the table? to me that says you re done. sound familiar? they eat they eat. and if they don t they don t. i am kind but extremely firm. reporter: emma jenner s sort of a modern-day mary poppins. a proper english nanny but with a fresh take on good old-fashioned common sense. after years in the home trenches emma says in a new book keep calm and parent on that modern parenting is in crisis. first problem, fear. you say that we re afraid of our children. how so?